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    9400 and w2k3

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by littleBT, Feb 14, 2006.

  1. littleBT

    littleBT Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got my 9400 today. and now i am sad :( . i work mostly in win2k3 so i planned on doing a dual boot between win2k3 and winXP but i cant get some of the drivers to work in 2k3. the drivers i cant get on are
    audio drivers
    richo drivers
    conexant drivers

    the last 2 i dont care so much if they work or not on 2k3 but the audio is importaint to have working. anyone have any sugestions?

    other then that i must say i am loving it.
     
    littleBT, Feb 14, 2006
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  2. Amber

    Amber Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    I would try looking on driver sites like windrivers.com or driverguide.com . They usually have a ton of drivers, and since the audio driver is pretty common, I would think that they would have one for w2k3.

    Another option is to get external speakers, or you could get a PCMCIA soundcard which will give you a better sound quality.
     
    Amber, Feb 15, 2006
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    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    Hold it a second BT. Do you mean Windows 2003 server or Windows 2000?
     
    Metamorphical, Feb 15, 2006
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    Good point. I just assumed it was windows server.

    If it is 2000, then dell has the drivers on their website. You just have to select it as the operating system.
     
    Amber, Feb 15, 2006
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  5. littleBT

    littleBT Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes i am talking about windows 2003 server. since there isn't a non server version of 2003 i just never think of adding that. i went ahead and put xp pro on there for now and will work on getting 2k3 on there later. when its all said and done i have to say it is nice. there are a few things i am not happy with but that is to be expected.
     
    littleBT, Feb 15, 2006
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    Did you try Windows Update?
     
    ZaZ, Feb 15, 2006
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    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    2003 is hard to get onto your average laptop. Mostly because it knows its being put onto a laptop and it will literally ask you why it is being thrown onto a laptop. I never did get it to work right on my old laptop. I had a few driver incompatibilites even. Most notably with my wireless card. I tried to put it on my old one for a while because its so wonderfully stable.
     
    Metamorphical, Feb 15, 2006
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    codexx Newbie

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    Hi,


    I got my 9400/1705 on Monday.

    First thing I did was to clear the harddrive and put Windows 2003 Server (Standard) on it.

    Driver installation seems a little bit tricky, but it's possible!
    Currently I got all necessary drivers running...

    "How To: "
    - Get all the XP Drivers von the Dell website
    - install the video driver
    - install the broadcomm network driver
    - install the wlan (bluetooth) driver
    - install the chipset driver
    - select the audio device in the device manager and choose update driver from location "C:\dell\drivers\R114075\WDM" (thats the audio driver. don't use the setup here...)
    - install modem drivers...

    do a reboot.

    after a reboot some new hardware is found. windows installs something...
    audio drivers are now working!

    questions? feel free to contact me!


    bye,
    codexx
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    codexx, Feb 16, 2006
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